During an interview with the  In The Kliq podcast, Bryan Danielson was asked about the rumor of a NJPW/WWE crossover. Bryan had this to say:

"I don't know how far along the talks went and I don't know even if I was the start of them, for sure, but one of the things when I was talking to them when WWE was trying to re-sign me was, I said, 'I want to be able to work in Japan.' They were trying to come up with an agreement to where I would be able to go and do that. It was definitely something that was talked about. I don't know where it went or anything, all I know is now it seems like AEW has a really great relationship with New Japan. So, I feel like it couldn't have gone that well."

Danielson has had a history over in Japan, wrestling a large number of matches for a few promotions including NOAH.